HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-French Open day 10

Highlights of the 10th day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Tuesday (all times GMT): 1651 NADAL WRAPS UP VICTORY AFTER PLAY RESUMES

Holder Rafa Nadal returned after a rain delay to complete a thumping 6-1 6-1 6-3 win over Kei Nishikori to move into the semi-finals. The Spaniard hit 29 winners on his way to victory. READ MORE

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1535 PLAY INTERRUPTED DUE TO RAIN Rain stopped play at Roland Garros with Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka locked in a tight quarter-final battle on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Federer was up two sets to one with the score at 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5) 3-3.

In the other last-eight clash on Court Philippe Chatrier, holder Rafa Nadal was leading 6-1 6-1 4-2 against Japanese seventh seed Kei Nishikori. 1322 KONTA STROLLS INTO SEMI-FINALS

Johanna Konta breezed past Sloane Stephens 6-1 6-4 on Court Philippe Chatrier to become the first British woman to reach the last-four at Roland Garros since Jo Durie in 1983. 1212 PLAY UNDERWAY AT ROLAND GARROS

Quarter-final action began under cloudy skies at Roland Garros with the temperature hovering around 24 degrees Celsius. Spells of rain are expected later in the day. (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; editing by Ed Osmond and Toby Davis)